Young music composer Viktor Honzl in vain looks for work. He is prevented from committing suicide by a technician of the gasworks who shortly beforehand has disconnected his gas due to past due bills. In the disguise of an older, serious, musical scholar Viktor obtains work in a music publishing house.
Hugo Haas
Viktor Honzl / Alfred Rokos
Theodor Pištěk
Hynek Durdys
Adina Mandlová
Eva Durdysová
Světla Svozilová
Helena Durdysová
Ferdinand Hart
Ralph Morrison
Alois Dvorský
pan domácí
Jára Kohout
muž kupující gramodesku
František Jerhot
strážník
Antonín Hodr
majitel konfekce Netušil
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